The home manager V. Italiano looks to encourage Fiorentina win vs Spezia

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (47300 seats)

Get set for Serie A and Fiorentina - Spezia. In this preview and news article you'll get stats, scores, numbercrunching, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (23) in Serie A

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they played a Serie A game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lazio.

This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When appearing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 48 matches producing 15 wins, 11 draws and 22 defeats with the goal difference 63-84 (scored/conceded).

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Fiorentina form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Fiorentina have to build on here at Stadio Artemio Franchi in the Serie A.

The fans are hoping that Fiorentina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Lazio (placed 6th). Nikola Milenković was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Milenković won 6 of 7 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cagliari in a game that was won 3-0.

A decent goal production from Fiorentina in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fiorentina defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Spezia form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Spezia playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Spezia have lost on their last two travels.

There were no winners in Spezia's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 1-1 vs Genoa (placed 18th). Defender Dimitris Nikolaou was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Nikolaou won 3 of 4 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Sampdoria's place.

Spezia have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Spezia defense as they have conceded 15 goals in 5 away games.

Head 2 Head

Fiorentina-Spezia H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Fiorentina one win, Spezia zero wins, one draw. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FiorentinaD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
5 goals
SpeziaD. Verde
D. Verde
3 goals
FiorentinaN. González
N. González
2 goals

Fiorentina missing players

Spezia missing players

Fiorentina Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
13 7 3 Scored S 0 6 12
13 6 0 Conceded C 4 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
70% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
60% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 80%
20% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 20%
 
4.9 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 5.3
3.8 3.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.8 4.8
3 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.5 13.5 22 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 12.6
4 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.9
32% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 31%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Fiorentina's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Spezia's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fiorentina have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Spezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (15) away in Serie A
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals (23) in Serie A
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 10 9 1 0 22 3 5 5 0 0 10 1 5 4 1 0 12 2 19 28
2 Milan 10 9 1 0 23 9 5 5 0 0 12 3 5 4 1 0 11 6 14 28
3 Inter 10 6 3 1 26 12 4 2 2 0 13 4 6 4 1 1 13 8 14 21
4 Roma 10 6 1 3 18 10 5 4 1 0 8 2 5 2 0 3 10 8 8 19
5 Atalanta 10 5 3 2 18 12 5 1 2 2 6 7 5 4 1 0 12 5 6 18
6 Lazio 10 5 2 3 20 17 5 4 1 0 15 6 5 1 1 3 5 11 3 17
7 Juventus 10 4 3 3 14 13 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 8 7 1 15
8 Fiorentina 10 5 0 5 13 13 4 2 0 2 7 6 6 3 0 3 6 7 0 15
9 Sassuolo 10 4 2 4 14 13 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 2 1 2 9 9 1 14
10 Hellas Verona 10 3 3 4 22 19 5 3 0 2 14 9 5 0 3 2 8 10 3 12
11 Empoli 10 4 0 6 14 20 6 1 0 5 7 16 4 3 0 1 7 4 -6 12
12 Bologna 10 3 3 4 15 22 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 0 2 3 4 14 -7 12
13 Torino 10 3 2 5 12 11 5 2 1 2 9 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 1 11
14 Udinese 10 2 5 3 12 14 6 1 3 2 7 9 4 1 2 1 5 5 -2 11
15 Sampdoria 10 2 3 5 14 20 6 1 2 3 8 14 4 1 1 2 6 6 -6 9
16 Venezia 10 2 2 6 8 17 4 1 1 2 4 5 6 1 1 4 4 12 -9 8
17 Spezia 10 2 2 6 12 23 5 1 1 3 6 8 5 1 1 3 6 15 -11 8
18 Genoa 10 1 4 5 15 22 4 0 2 2 7 9 6 1 2 3 8 13 -7 7
19 Salernitana 10 2 1 7 10 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 5 1 0 4 5 11 -12 7
20 Cagliari 10 1 3 6 12 22 6 1 2 3 9 11 4 0 1 3 3 11 -10 6

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.